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15 Aug '12, 9pm

Solar providing jobs for vets.

First Solar’s utility-scale PV solar projects are providing good jobs for U.S. Armed Forces veterans returning from combat overseas. Case in point: the 550 megawatt Topaz Solar Farms project in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., which First Solar is constructing for MidAmerican Solar. Topaz Construction Manager Raymond Christian, a former U.S. Marine, has a number of veterans on his crew who returned from tours in Iraq to a challenging job market at home. “We are very proud that Topaz is providing employment opportunities for returning vets,” says Christian. “These are people who understand how to work as a team to get the job done, just as they did during their service. Now they are contributing to America’s energy security.” The unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces since September 2001 was 12.1 percent in 2011, according to the U...

Full article: http://www.firstsolar.com/Press-Center/First-Solar-Blog?p...

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